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dardar
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Israel
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Posted - 12/02/2012 :  03:40:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi guys,
new to sql and there is somethi gi can't figure out how to do.

i got a column that has a value such as "1,2,3,4" (4 numbers, could be any numbers) or "1,2,3,4,5" (5 numbers)

i need to loop my entire table (lets say it's a single column) and check if the value in the current column has 4 numbers (the first case) than i need to add another number to the end, and if it has 5 numbers do nothing.

can it be done?

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
47040 Posts
Posted - 12/02/2012 :  03:41:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
will 4 numbers always be in the same order always? or can they come in any order?

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dardar
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Israel
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Posted - 12/02/2012 :  03:58:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
any order. the only thing i'm sure about is that there will be 4 ',' in the string (or 5 if it has 5 numbers)
i thought to count ',' but not sure how :(
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
47040 Posts
Posted - 12/02/2012 :  04:01:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ok for counting ,'s this is enough

SELECT CASE WHEN LEN(Field) - LEN(REPLACE(Field,',','')) = 4 THEN Field 
            WHEN LEN(Field) - LEN(REPLACE(Field,',','')) = 3 THEN Field + @YourOtherNo
       END
FROM table


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dardar
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Israel
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Posted - 12/02/2012 :  05:34:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ty! got it to work.....
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visakh16
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India
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Posted - 12/02/2012 :  07:03:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
wc

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